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With the help of educators, we design our Level 1 books for kindergartners and first graders to read on their own--but they're also perfect to be read aloud to any child, even very young ones.
Our Level 1 books feature 1-2 panels per page, short sentences, and about 200-300 words, including many easy sight words. The facial expressions and body gestures that are at the core of our comics encourage social and emotional learning. |
Read and re-reread these books with young children, and discuss the characters and stories.
The comic format helps every beginning reader develop and master 5 core reading comprehension strategies and skills: Visualization & Imagining, Making Connections, Retelling, Summarizing & Synthesizing, and Compare and Contrast. |
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TOON Level 1 books have won the following awards and distinctions:
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Award-Winning
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Little Mouse Gets Ready by Jeff Smith
Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons by Agnès Rosenstiehl
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The collection covers all these
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Tippy and the Night Parade by Lilli Carré
Chick and Chickie Play All Day! by Claude Ponti
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Jack and the Box by Art Spiegelman
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Silly Lilly in What Will I be Today?
by Agnès Rosenstiehl
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A Trip to the Bottom of the World by Frank Viva
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3x4 by Ivan Brunetti
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Featured Author: Frank Viva
A Trip To The Top Of The Volcano With Mouse by Frank Viva
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A Trip to the Top of the Volcano was born after Frank returned from a trip to Mount Etna in Italy: “Just back after two weeks in Sicily,” he wrote us. “I climbed (over snow and lava) for hours partway up Mount Etna (and more hours back). We were with a vulcanologist and I learned a lot. A Trip to the Top of the Volcano with Mouse? Just a thought.” It’s a companion book to A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse, about Frank’s experiences during a trip to the Antarctic Peninsula. Besides traveling, Frank is also passionate about cooking and eating. When his friends come over, he bakes them a delicious homemade pizza with a thin, crispy crust.
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A Trip To The Bottom Of The World With Mouse by Frank Viva
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We Are All Me by Jordan Crane
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Around the Fourth of July, Jordan Crane was hiking in the woods with his wife, Rebecca, when she exclaimed, “Interdependence Day!” Her idea was for a holiday like Independence Day, with parades and fireworks, a way to celebrate all the ways we are connected to one another and to the planet. Dazzled by the thought, Jordan decided to make a comic about it. He worked for many months trying to get it right. Rebecca told him, “It’s not a new idea. It’s something that people know. Just be clear, and draw it as you see it.” So he drew it all over again, and at last it was done—the book you now hold in your hands. |
Featured Author: Ivan Brunetti
Wordplay by Ivan Brunetti
3x4 by Ivan Brunetti
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Ivan Brunetti is an art teacher as well as an artist and a cartoonist. His drawings have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and McSweeney's, among other publications. Ivan has published many acclaimed books for adults, including Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice. Wordplay, his first book for children, shows kids how to imagine compound words as the words that comprise them. His second children's book, 3x4, also encourages kids to visualize playfully--this time with numbers. Comics: Easy as ABC was published in 2019 in response to demand for a Guide to Comics for all ages.
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Featured Collection:
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Highly visual stories with limited words are a great way to engage young readers by making them describe what is happening on their own. Our wordless books have simple panel-to-panel progression and easy-to-read sound effects, making them especially attractive to the youngest readers.
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The collection covers these K-1 Curriculum themes:
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Click to enlarge a page from Birdsong about Kamishibai, the Japanese art of wordless stories.
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Birdsong: A Story in Pictures by James Sturm
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Hearts by Theresa Rowe
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Blip! by Barnaby Richards
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Ants Don't Wear Pants!
Snails Are Just My Speed
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Kevin McCloskey is the author of the critically acclaimed TOON Books “Giggle and Learn” series and an illustration professor at Pennsylvania’s Kutztown University. His first TOON Book, We Dig Worms, was described as “a winning combination of facts and gross-out fun” by The New York Times. His wife (a librarian!) asked for a fun worm book to read at the library, so he came up with an informative and silly story that evolved into a now beloved series of four.
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We Dig Worms!
The Real Poop on Pigeons!
Something's Fishy
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